2024 Tour de France Femmes

The 2024 Tour de France Femmes (officially Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift) will be the third edition of the Tour de France Femmes. The race will take place from 12 to 18 August 2024 and will be the 22nd race in the 2024 UCI Women's World Tour calendar. The race is organised by the Amaury Sport Organisation (ASO), which also organises the men's Tour de France.

2024 Tour de France Femmes
2024 UCI Women's World Tour, race 22 of 27
Race details
Dates12–18 August
Stages8
Distance946.3 km (588.0 mi)

Route

Due to the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics taking place immediately after the 2024 Tour de France, the 2024 edition will not take place immediately after the men's tour.[1] Instead, it will take place in the short gap between the Olympic Games and the 2024 Summer Paralympics in mid-August.[1][2]

In July 2023, it was announced that the Tour de France Femmes would have its first Grand Départ outside France — with three stage starts in the Netherlands, starting in Rotterdam.[1][3] It was rumoured that the race would have a summit finish on Alpe d'Huez,[4] with Cyclingnews.com noting that race organisers ASO seemed "keen to include at least one very famous climb" in each edition of the race.[5]

In October 2023, the full route was announced by race director Marion Rousse.[6] It will comprise seven days of racing with eight stages, covering a total of 946 kilometres (588 mi). The first three stages will take place in the Netherlands, with two stages taking place on 13 August, a shorter stage followed by an individual time trial.[6] The race will head south towards Belgium using roads used by other classic cycling races such as the Amstel Gold Race and Liège–Bastogne–Liège. Entering France, the race will continue south heading towards the two final stages in the Alps, with the race culminating with a summit finish at Alpe d'Huez at an elevation of 1,850 m (6,070 ft).[6][7]

Global Cycling Network stated that the route seemed "practically tailor-made for the strengths, preferences and origins" of defending champion Demi Vollering.[8] Vollering welcomed the route, noting the stages in her home country of the Netherlands and stating that she “always wanted to ride [Alpe d'Huez]".[8][9]

Stage characteristics[7]
Stage Date Course Distance Type
1 12 August Rotterdam to The Hague (Netherlands) 124 km (77 mi) Flat stage
2 13 August Dordrecht to Rotterdam (Netherlands) 67 km (42 mi) Flat stage
3 13 August Rotterdam (Netherlands) 6.3 km (3.9 mi) Individual time trial
4 14 August Valkenburg (Netherlands) to Liège (Belgium) 122 km (76 mi) Hilly stage
5 15 August Bastogne (Belgium) to Amnéville 150 km (93 mi) Flat stage
6 16 August Remiremont to Morteau 160 km (99 mi) Hilly stage
7 17 August Champagnole to Le Grand-Bornand 167 km (104 mi) Mountain stage
8 18 August Le Grand-Bornand to Alpe d'Huez 150 km (93 mi) Mountain stage
Total 946.3 km (588.0 mi)

References
  1. Farrand, Stephen (10 July 2023). "Tour de France Femmes to start in the Netherlands in 2024". cyclingnews.com. Archived from the original on 10 July 2023. Retrieved 10 July 2023.
  2. "Tour de France will not finish in Paris for first time ever due to 2024 Olympics". The Guardian. 25 October 2023. ISSN 0261-3077. Archived from the original on 25 October 2023. Retrieved 25 October 2023.
  3. "Tour de France femmes 2024 : la Grande Boucle s'élancera de Rotterdam juste après les Jeux olympiques de Paris". Franceinfo (in French). 10 July 2023. Archived from the original on 4 August 2023. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
  4. Thewlis, Tom (18 October 2023). "Tour de France Femmes set to conclude atop Alpe d'Huez in 2024". cyclingweekly.com. Retrieved 21 October 2023.
  5. Frattini, Kirsten; Knöfler, Lukas (31 July 2023). "8 striking moments that defined the 2023 Tour de France Femmes". cyclingnews.com. Archived from the original on 1 August 2023. Retrieved 1 August 2023. suggest that the ASO is keen to include at least one very famous climb every year
  6. Puddicombe, Stephen (25 October 2023). "Tour de France Femmes 2024 route: A split stage, a taste of the Ardennes, and the Alpe d'Huez". Rouleur. Archived from the original on 25 October 2023. Retrieved 25 October 2023.
  7. "Official route of Tour de France Femmes 2024". www.letourfemmes.fr. Archived from the original on 2 August 2022. Retrieved 25 October 2023.
  8. "Demi Vollering: I've always wanted to ride Alpe d'Huez". Global Cycling Network. Archived from the original on 28 October 2023. Retrieved 25 October 2023.
  9. Moultrie, James (25 October 2023). "Demi Vollering excited for Dutch depart, Alpe d'Huez finish at 2024 Tour de France Femmes". cyclingnews.com. Archived from the original on 25 October 2023. Retrieved 25 October 2023.
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